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Inspired by the linked XKCD. Using 60% instead of 50% because that's an easy filter to apply on rottentomatoes.

I'll go first: I think "Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows" was awesome, from the plot to the characters ,and especially how they used screen-play to highlight how Sherlocks head works in these absurd ways.

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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Kung Pow only has a 13% critic rating and I love that movie. 69% audience score though so that might disqualify it.

I remember quite liking Slackers when I saw it (haven't rewatched it though, so my opinion might have changed). I think if this movie every time I hear the song "She'll be comin' 'round the mountain".

The Big Hit

Movies I saw 20 years ago it seems when maybe my tastes (and me too let's face it) were a little immature. Still love Kung Pow though

[–] Lemmylefty@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kung Pow is fucking amazing in short, memey snippets, but it was agony to watch as an actual movie.

[–] BitingChaos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is unfortunately an accurate description of that movie.

Think of something like Airplane! or Ghostbusters. There are so many memorable and/or silly parts and lines that people remember well and will repeat over and over. But of course, each also has a real movie to go along with it.

All the clips and lines and other zany parts of Kung Pow can be hilarious, but the movie itself is pretty bad.

[–] gaybear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That movie (Kung Pow) was so ahead of its time in terms of jokes and set ups.

[–] Laffytaffer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I rewatched Kung Pow recently and I don't think it's held up as well as I remember, but its still great fun and I continue to quote it constantly.

[–] weg_gooi@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I rewatched it a couple of weeks ago and it really didn't hold up well at all. Hard agree

[–] Laffytaffer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think it's difficult for most comedy to stand the test of time(not all obviously). I went back and watched Bo Burnham's older work after watching Inside. At the time, that stuff was hilarious, but now it makes me cringe hard.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kung Pow is a fucking delight and I still love it as much as it was the day it was released.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That's a lot of nuts!

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

The scene with the wounds on his hands, something like:

"does it hurt?"

"Not really"

Pours salt in wounds "Does it now?"

"No"

Breaks thermometer into the wounds "how about now?"

"A little"

"Aww! Poor baby!" Bandages wounds

That scene has played on a loop in the back of my brain for decades. It's fucking hilarious. That and when the evil master reveals his name is Betty, and plays Big Butts. I loved that movie before I started smoking weed, and I loved it even more the first time I watched it stoned.